John Pilger reaches back into the history of the Democratic Party and describes the tradition of war-making and expansionism that Barack Obama has now left little doubt he will honour.
In the cause of fear and ignorance
John Pilger describes another Britain: “a vicious, sectarian and mostly unreported war” against Muslims. People snatched from the homes following 9/11 are consigned to a Kafkaesque oblivion, and worse.
Obama, the prince of bait-and-switch
John Pilger describes the devaluing of civilian casualties in colonial wars, and the anointing of Barack Obama, as he tours the battlefields, sounding more and more like George W. Bush.
How Britain wages war
John Pilger describes the insidious militarisng of Britain as the effects of two colonial wars and the cover-up of atrocities come home.
The lies of Hiroshima are the lies of today
In an article for the Guardian on the anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, John Pilger describes the ‘progression of lies’ from the dust of that detonated city, to the wars of today – and the threatened attack on Iran.
Don’t forget Yugoslavia
John Pilger digs beneath the received wisdom for the break-up of Yugoslavia and points to a largely ignored memoir by the former chief prosecutor in The Hague – and an echo from current events in the Caucasus.
Power, propaganda and conscience in the ‘War on Terror’
John Pilger delivers the Summer School Lecture at the University of Western Australia in Perth on power, propaganda and conscience in the ‘war on terror’, with special reference to the part played by Australian government, media and scholarship.
John Pilger hails the Brigaders
John Pilger explains how the legacy of the International Brigades helps us understand not only the nature of fascism, but that even those who are not fascists have similar goals.
The salacious demolition job on Martha Gellhorn cannot obscure a remarkable human being
The other day, the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism was awarded in honour of the great American reporter who lived in this country until she died three years ago. Gellhorn adhered to no consensus of the kind that shapes and distorts so much journalism. She regarded governments, indeed all authority, as her professional enemies, and their propaganda as “official drivel”.
John Pilger laments the silence of the writers
For the great writers of the 20th century, art could not be separated from politics. Today, there is a disturbing silence on the dark matters that should command our attention.
